As Trump upends US government, Xi aims to project that it’s business as usual in China
As President Donald Trump unleashes sweeping changes across the US government and overturns decades of American foreign ...
Live updates: Trump hits pause on U.S. aid to Ukraine ahead of his speech to Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that he believes he will be able to salvage his relationship with the ...
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Normal adopts belt-tightening budget on declining sales tax revenue, federal spending uncertainty
The town council unanimously adopted the nearly $211 million budget that’s 7.2% less than the current fiscal year. At a Jan.
Pentagon: $80M in savings found in initial DOGE scrutiny
The Pentagon, in initial work with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has found some $80 million in what ...
Negotiations to avert a shutdown sputter as disputes over DOGE cuts persist
Trump and congressional leaders have lost hope in a full government funding deal and pivoted toward a stopgap bill for the ...
The top 10% of Americans are propping up the economy. Here's what will happen if they stop spending.
Such an uneven distribution makes economic growth increasingly reliant on further gains in the wealth effect in the form of rising equity and property prices. Since the top 10% owns most of the wealth ...
Oklahoma bill proposes ban on diet soda ingredients and food dyes
An Oklahoma Senate committee advances a bill to ban certain food dyes and additives, sparking debate on health and government ...
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The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...
Senate negotiators look at dueling options to avert government shutdown
Top appropriators are still in search of a deal to fund the government with 10 days until a shutdown deadline, as talk in the ...
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What if the U.S. just deleted government spending from GDP?
Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.
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The Latest: Trump and his allies lash out at Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and suggest he may need to resign
President Donald Trump’s senior aides and allies lashed out at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Washington as he ...
Trump Advisers Want to Strip Public Spending from the GDP Tally. Why It Makes No Sense.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick floated the notion on Sunday of excluding government spending data from the overall ...